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'''{{PAGENAME}} Long Range Height Finder Radar Set''' - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by General Electric Company. Deployed to long range radar sites in the 1950s and early 1960s, usually in pairs and as part of the SAGE network. Variants include the FPS-6A, FPS-6B and the mobile version MPS-14. | '''{{PAGENAME}} Long Range Height Finder Radar Set''' - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by General Electric Company. Deployed to long-range radar sites in the 1950s and early 1960s, usually in pairs and as part of the SAGE network. Variants include the FPS-6A, FPS-6B, [[FPS-90]], FPS-116 and the mobile version MPS-14. | ||
This is a nodding type height finder, initially manually positioned by an operator. Under the SAGE System it was positioned by | This is a nodding type height-finder, initially manually positioned by an operator. Under the SAGE System, it was positioned by the SAGE Direction Center. Target identification and height determination were made by an operator under both the manual and the automatic SAGE System. The FPS-6B incorporated a higher power magnetron and variable nodding feature not available in the other versions. | ||
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| Origins || || | | Origins || || | ||
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| Variants ||FPS-6A<br>FPS-6B<br>MPS-14 || | | Variants ||FPS-6A<br>FPS-6B<br>MPS-14<br>[[FPS-90]]<br>FPS-116|| | ||
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| Manufacturer || General Electric Company || | | Manufacturer || General Electric Company || | ||
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| Avg Slew Rate || 7-1/2 rpm || | | Avg Slew Rate || 7-1/2 rpm || | ||
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| Power || 5 mw || QK- | | Power || 3.5 mw<br>4.5 mw || QK-327A Magnetron<br>QK-338A Magnetron | ||
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| Range || 200 nmi || Long Range | | Range || 200 nmi || Long Range | ||
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| Altitude || 60,000 feet|| | | Altitude || 60,000 feet|| | ||
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| Introduced || | | Introduced || 1950s || | ||
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| Federal Stock | | Federal Stock No. || 5840-505-0921<br>5840-561-9160 A Model<br>5840-679-3304 B Model || | ||
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[[File: | [[File:FPS-6 Height Finder (1).jpg|thumb|right|350px|FPS-6 Radar Set Antenna on Tower.]] | ||
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[[File:FPS-6 System.png|thumb|center|800px|FPS-6 System Components.]] | <!--[[File:FPS-6 System.png|thumb|center|800px|FPS-6 System Components.]]--> | ||
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'''See Also:''' | '''See Also:''' | ||
* [[FPS-90]] | |||
* [[US Radar Sets]] | * [[US Radar Sets]] | ||
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'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_AN/FPS-6_Radar Wikipedia - FPS-6] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_AN/FPS-6_Radar Wikipedia - FPS-6] | ||
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FPS-6 Long Range Height Finder Radar Set - A Long Range Height Finder Radar set built by General Electric Company. Deployed to long-range radar sites in the 1950s and early 1960s, usually in pairs and as part of the SAGE network. Variants include the FPS-6A, FPS-6B, FPS-90, FPS-116 and the mobile version MPS-14. This is a nodding type height-finder, initially manually positioned by an operator. Under the SAGE System, it was positioned by the SAGE Direction Center. Target identification and height determination were made by an operator under both the manual and the automatic SAGE System. The FPS-6B incorporated a higher power magnetron and variable nodding feature not available in the other versions.
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